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plunkett

/plˈʌŋkɪt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.81 in modern English

Syllables
plun-kett
IPA
/plˈʌŋkɪt/
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Norman.

Etymology

From the Norman habitational surname, from the village of Pleugueneuc, in Brittany, said to be from Breton plou (“parish”) (from Latin plebs) + the personal name Guenec, formed from gwenn (“white”). As an Irish surname, it has been Gaelicized in Pluincéid.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Plunketts (plural)

Phrases

Plunketts Creek

Rhymes With

junket

Questions

How do you pronounce plunkett?
The recorded pronunciation is /plˈʌŋkɪt/.
What does plunkett mean?
A surname from Norman.
Where does plunkett come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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